humor as important during confinement

The coronavirus crisis threatens our lives and our societies. The situation is serious. And that is perhaps why it is important to know how to laugh about it.

Getting the most out of containment " Stay health home ! This is the watchword launched by the authorities to fight against the spread of the coronavirus responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic. And there are millions of us now living in a new situation, that of confinement. To get out of it at best, perhaps it must be lived as one more human experience.

Boredom. An uncertain future. The fear. The stress. In this period of coronavirus crisis, our health is threatened. Our psychological balance too. And the specialists affirm it: in these difficult moments, it is important to know how to laugh at the situation. Humor would even be essential to our survival as a human being. It would help us to overcome the most difficult tests.

Various studies have shown that laughing is good for health ! Laughing lowers blood pressure and promotes digestion by massage effect. Laughter helps us relax and strengthens our immune systemby boosting the production of white blood cells. Laughter allows us to cleanse our lungs, because it involves deep breaths. By stimulating the production of endorphin and limiting that of cortisol, laughing also helps relieve our stress. And by producing dopamine, laughter brings us pleasure and reinforces our motivation. So many useful things in these times of crisis.

The Police in Mallorca, Spain making rounds around villages on lock down to do this

To alleviate the anxiety of the people and to keep them entertained pic.twitter.com/lHZCnKmxgr

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A question of psychohygiene

Let's not forget either that humor is a universal language. Thus laughing together in these times of confinement allows us to control our feeling of isolation and better manage the negative emotions that would go with it. Laughing dramatizes situations and decreases aggressiveness.

“We can joke about everything. It's okay to laugh at a scary situation. This is what I call psychohygiene. A form of liberation, even if it sometimes only lasts a few seconds ”says Kareen Seidler, researcher at the German Humor Institute at Deustche Welle website . While stressing the importance of sparing everyone's sensitivities. And to favor a humorwhich she describes as social. Like the one we find in all these fun instructions that go around on the best way to wash your hands.

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